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John Arnold Rockwell (August 27, 1803 inNorwich, Connecticut – February 10, 1861 in Washington, D.C.) was aU.S. Representative fromConnecticut.

Rockwell attended the common schools. He was graduated fromYale College in 1822, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Norwich. Rockwell served as member of the State senate in 1839. He served as judge of the county court.

He was elected as aWhig to the Twenty-ninth Congress defeating Rep.George S. Catlin and Thirtieth Congress defeating Lieutenant GovernorNoyes Billings serving (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849).He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirtieth Congress), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849 to the Thirty-first Congress, losing toChauncey F. Cleveland.He engaged in the practice of law before the court of claims of the United States at Washington, D.C., and joined in the call for theConstitutional Union Party Convention in May 1860 where he was a delegate for Connecticut and appointed to theNational Committee. He was interred in Yantic Cemetery,Norwich, Connecticut.

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